The day began with India bowling first, under overcast skies and fielding a four-man fast-bowling attack, with Ravichandran Ashwin's exclusion becoming a huge talking point. They succeeded initially by reducing Australia to 76/3.
Australia needed 11 runs in the final over of the warm-up match against India. Rohit Sharma gave the ball to Mohammed Shami, who hadn t bowled in the match till then. Shami took three wickets in an over and India won the match by six runs. “We just wanted to give him a little bit of a challenge, coming and bowling that death over and we saw what it was," Rohit said. ICC T20 World Cup 2022: ‘We Just Wanted to Give Mohammed Shami a Little Bit of Challenge , Says Rohit Sharma.